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Aug
15
August 15, 2026
Barking Food Forest site, 🇬🇧
About This Event
Community gardening sessions! are held every Saturday at the Barking Food Forest site in Barking. These free sessions offer participants the opportunity to learn how to plant, cultivate, and harvest their own food.
What to Expect
- Learn practical food growing skills from seed-sowing to harvesting
- Participate in activities and workshops on all aspects of growing your own food
- Contribute to preparing the food forest for the cold season
- Engage in planning and designing the kitchen garden for the next season
Who Should Attend
Anyone interested in food growing in the Barking & Dagenham area, regardless of prior experience, is welcome to attend.
Practical Information
- Price: Free
- Time: 11am-2pm every Saturday
Programme
- Levelling the ground in the Polytunnel greenhouse
- Constructing nursery beds for the Greenhouse
- Collecting and storing seeds for next season
- Meeting to discuss the plants intended for the next season
- Design the kitchen garden and nursery for next season
- Clean the kitchen garden
- General weeding and cleaning
Topics
Food growing
Gardening
Horticulture
Community gardening
Seed saving
Aug
15
August 15, 2026
Location
Barking Food Forest site
Fielders Crescent
Barking, IG11 0FU · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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